National Register of Historic Places - West Virginia (WV), Marion County

Marion County West Virginia has 22 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 2 places of National significance and 11 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Barrackville Covered Bridge, High Level Bridge, Colonial Apartments, Fairmont Downtown Historic District and Fairmont Normal School Administration Building.

Several famous people are associated with these Marion County historic places including Musick, Ruth Ann, PhD, Bowers, George F., et al, Harry Shaw and Thomas W. Fleming.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Marion County places including Casey,John,Co. of Pittsburgh, Concrete Steel Engineering Co., Lemuel Chenoweth, Jones & Nuzum, Donald Kennedy, Davis, Paul A., III, Horace Trumbauer, Tell William Nicolet, Charles G. Badgley and Jacob Prickett Jr.. Prominent architectural styles found in Marion Country are Colonial Revival, Beaux Arts and Tudor Revival.

Barrackville Covered Bridge (added 1973 - - #73001921)

WV 21, over Buffalo Creek , Barrackville

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Chenoweth,Lemuel

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Transportation, Engineering, Commerce

Period of Significance:

1850-1874

Owner:

State

Historic Function:

Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Road-Related

Current Function:

Transportation

Current Sub-function:

Road-Related

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Colonial Apartments (added 2006 - - #06000653)

Also known as Kennedy Dairy Barn

2 E. Garden Ln. , Fairmont

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Historic Significance:

Person, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Kennedy, Edward Phillip, Kennedy, Donald

Architectural Style:

Colonial Revival

Historic Person:

Musick, Ruth Ann, PhD

Significant Year:

1946, 1900, 1942

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Education

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Agricultural Outbuildings, Animal Facility, Multiple Dwelling

Current Function:

Education

Current Sub-function:

Educational Related Housing

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Dunbar School (added 2015 - - #15000188)

Fairmont, Fairmont

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Black, Education

Period of Significance:

1925-1949 AD

Fairmont Downtown Historic District (added 1995 - - #95001008)

Also known as See Also:Marion County Courthouse and Sheriff's House;High L

Along Jackson, Adams, Washington and Quincy Sts. and Cleveland and Fairmont Aves. , Fairmont

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Lyons, A. C., Badgley, Charles G.

Architectural Style:

Late 19th And Early 20th Century American Movements, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals

Area of Significance:

Commerce, Industry, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Mixed

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Business, Department Store, Hotel, Multiple Dwelling, Restaurant, Specialty Store, Warehouse

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Religion

Current Sub-function:

Business, Department Store, Hotel, Multiple Dwelling, Restaurant, Specialty Store, Warehouse

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Fairmont Normal School Administration Building (added 1994 - - #94000216)

Also known as Fairmont State Administration Building

Jct. of Locust Ave. and Bryant St. , Fairmont

Jodyperry, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Davis, Paul A., III

Architectural Style:

Classical Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Education, Performing Arts

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

State

Historic Function:

Education, Other

Historic Sub-function:

School

Current Function:

Education, Other

Current Sub-function:

School

More Information:

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Fairmont Senior High School (added 2002 - - #02000254)

1 Loop Park , Fairmont

Cmcginni~commonswiki, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Smallwood Low Stone Company, Ittner, William B

Architectural Style:

Colonial Revival

Area of Significance:

Education, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Education

Historic Sub-function:

School

Current Function:

Education

Current Sub-function:

School

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Fleming, Thomas W., House (added 1979 - - #79002587)

Also known as Clubhouse of the Woman`s Club of Fairmont

300 1st St. , Fairmont

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Historic Significance:

Person, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Colonial Revival, Beaux Arts

Historic Person:

Fleming,Thomas W.

Significant Year:

1901

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government, Architecture, Community Planning And Development

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Social

Current Sub-function:

Civic

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Fleming--Watson Historic District (added 2001 - - #01001330)

Approx. bounded by Fairmont Ave., Second, Fay Sts., Apple Ct, Green, Emerson Sts., Coleman Ave., Seventh St., Outlook , Fairmont

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Lyons, A.C., Giffon, George

Architectural Style:

Italianate, Romanesque

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Community Planning And Development

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Education, Religion, Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Department Store, Multiple Dwelling, Religious Structure, Road-Related, School, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic, Funerary, Religion, Social, Transportation, Vacant/Not In Use

Current Sub-function:

Department Store, Mortuary, Multiple Dwelling, Religious Structure, Road-Related, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

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Hamilton Round Barn (added 1985 - - #85001548)

CR 11 , Mannington

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Hamilton,A.A.

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Agriculture, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence

Historic Sub-function:

Agricultural Outbuildings

Current Function:

Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Museum

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High Gate (added 1982 - - #82004326)

Also known as James Edwin Watson House;Ross Funeral Home

801 Fairmont Ave. , Fairmont

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Trumbauer,Horace

Architectural Style:

Other, Tudor Revival

Area of Significance:

Industry, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Funerary

Current Sub-function:

Mortuary

More Information:

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High Level Bridge (added 1991 - - #91001734)

Also known as Million Dollar Bridge;Monongahela River Bridge

Jefferson St. across the Monongahela R. , Fairmont

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Casey,John,Co. of Pittsburgh, Concrete Steel Engineering Co.

Architectural Style:

Art Deco

Area of Significance:

Transportation, Engineering

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

State

Historic Function:

Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Pedestrian Related, Rail-Related, Road-Related

Current Function:

Transportation

Current Sub-function:

Pedestrian Related, Rail-Related

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Jacobs--Hutchinson Block (added 1995 - - #95000874)

Also known as Peoples' National Bank

201--209 Adams St. , Fairmont

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Holbert & Spedden, Lyons, Andrew C.

Architectural Style:

Renaissance

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Commerce

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade

Historic Sub-function:

Financial Institution, Specialty Store

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade

Current Sub-function:

Professional, Specialty Store

More Information:

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Mannington Historic District (added 1995 - - #95001313)

Roughly bounded by High, Clarksburg and Howard Sts. and Buffalo Cr. , Mannington

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Historic Significance:

Person, Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Giesey, M.F., et al.

Architectural Style:

Late Victorian, Mid 19th Century Revival, Colonial

Historic Person:

Bowers, George F., et al

Significant Year:

1904, 1889, 1855

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Commerce, Exploration/Settlement, Other-Ethnic

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Federal, Private, Local

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Education, Government, Recreation And Culture

Historic Sub-function:

Business, Capitol, Multiple Dwelling, School, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Education, Government, Social

Current Sub-function:

Capitol, Multiple Dwelling, Professional, School, Single Dwelling

More Information:

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Marion County Courthouse and Sheriff's House (added 1979 - - #79003149)

Adams and Jefferson Sts. , Fairmont

TimK MSI, CC BY 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Priest,W.D., Yost & Packard

Architectural Style:

Beaux Arts

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government, Art, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Government

Historic Sub-function:

Business, Courthouse

Current Function:

Government

Current Sub-function:

Courthouse, Government Office

More Information:

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Masonic Temple (added 1993 - - #93000218)

320 Jefferson St. , Fairmont

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Brady Construction Co., Giffin, H.F.

Architectural Style:

Beaux Arts

Area of Significance:

Social History, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Government, Recreation And Culture, Social

Historic Sub-function:

Meeting Hall, Multiple Dwelling, Post Office, Professional, Sport Facility

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Vacant/Not In Use

Current Sub-function:

Business, Department Store, Professional

More Information:

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Miller, Thomas C., Public School (added 2013 - - #13000263)

2 Pennsylvania Ave., Fairmont

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Colonial Revival, Other

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Morgan, George Pinkney, House (added 2003 - - #03000348)

Also known as David Morgan Homeplace

Cty. 19/3 , Rivesville

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Historic Significance:

Person, Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Greek Revival

Significant Year:

1857

Area of Significance:

Industry, Architecture, Invention

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1850-1874

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic, Funerary

Historic Sub-function:

Cemetery, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Funerary, Work In Progress

Current Sub-function:

Cemetery

More Information:

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Prickett's Fort (added 1974 - - #74002404)

Also known as Prickett Bay Boat Launch Site

Address Restricted , Fairmont

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Historic Significance:

Information Potential, Event

Area of Significance:

Military, Historic - Non-Aboriginal

Cultural Affiliation:

American Military

Period of Significance:

1750-1799

Owner:

Federal

Historic Function:

Defense

Historic Sub-function:

Fortification

Current Function:

Landscape

Current Sub-function:

Park

Prickett, Jacob, Jr., Log House (added 1979 - - #79002588)

S of Montana off SR 72 , Montana

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Prickett,Jacob,Jr.

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Exploration/Settlement, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1750-1799

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

More Information:

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Shaw House (added 1988 - - #88001461)

Also known as Shaw,Harry,House

425 Morgantown Ave. , Fairmont

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Person

Architect, builder, or engineer:

MacElwee,Alex, Jones & Nuzum

Architectural Style:

Tudor Revival

Historic Person:

Shaw,Harry

Significant Year:

1919

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government, Architecture, Landscape Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

More Information:

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Wilson School (added 2001 - - #01001331)

Also known as West Augusta Historical Society Museum

917 E. Main St. , Mannington

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Education, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Education

Historic Sub-function:

School

Current Function:

Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Museum

More Information:

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Woodlawn Cemetery (added 2004 - - #04000305)

335 Maple Ave. , Fairmont

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Person

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Nicolet, Tell William

Architectural Style:

Exotic Revival, Other

Historic Person:

multiple

Significant Year:

1895, 1929, 1875

Area of Significance:

Art, Community Planning And Development, Landscape Architecture, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Funerary

Historic Sub-function:

Cemetery, Mortuary

Current Function:

Funerary

Current Sub-function:

Cemetery, Mortuary

More Information:

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